Dear Friend,

California’s parents are facing a childcare crisis.

An 8-year-old girl’s mother begged Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents
to take her daughter to the hospital when the girl began to experience
agonizing pain. The agents ignored the Panamanian girl’s destress, and she
died shortly thereafter.(1)

She was the second child to die in CBP’s custody in just two weeks. And
instead of sending help, the Biden administration is sending soldiers with
guns.

Thousands of asylum-seekers are in CBP custody at the southern border, and
the conditions they’re experiencing are nothing less than inhumane. CBP
agents are withholding food, water, and medical care, are not providing
shelter, and are keeping refugees for days longer than allowed by law.(2)

This is a moral atrocity, full stop. Courage California is calling out
these abhorrent practices and lobbying for an immigration bill introduced
this week that treats refugees with the dignity and humanity they deserve.

[ [link removed] ]Will you donate to Courage California and help call out legislators for
putting corporations over people?

Will you donate to help stop the inhumane treatment of asylum-seekers at
the border?

The people who are trying to come to the U.S. are leaving unimaginable
poverty and violence. They are risking their lives every day to try to
provide a safe and secure future for their families. But once they get
here, they are treated worse than animals.

The more we learn about what is happening at the border, the worse it
gets.

The National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search policy
states that CBP must supply a certain standard of care for people
attempting to claim asylum.

For instance, migrants should be receiving meals and plenty of water --
instead, they are getting minimum water and a granola bar to last them the
entire day.

They should be given medical care if injured or sick -- instead, there are
reports of people with broken limbs, massive infections, and active
miscarriages who are left to suffer with no intervention.

They should be provided bathroom facilities and shelter -- instead, there
is just one port-a-potty for 400 people, and it is not serviced regularly.
Moreover, they are left to burn in the hot sun without adequate cover.

CBP’s actions are violating international and national law, and we need to
put every resource possible into publicizing these horrors and getting the
Biden administration to devote the resources necessary to care for
asylum-seekers. This is what our country was founded on, and we need to
hold CBP accountable. Will you support our work?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I’ll donate to help stop this appalling treatment of
asylum-seekers!

Thanks for your critical support.

–Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jen, Lindsay, Mai, and Scottie
(and the rest of the Courage team) 

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PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state
and country. [ [link removed] ]Will you become a monthly donor and help sustain our work?

Donations go to support all of Courage California's work for a more
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Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

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